Ive noticed the stack shifting in the bundle wood only shed. Stacks 6-7 ' tall and they shift forward to where the sun hits them in the West. Shaded on the East side. I had to tap the current one back the other day otherwise it wouldve fallen over. One more row and it'll be full with eight cords.
Well 0 for 3 today! First house had some nice Goldilocks silver maple limb wood. Ring doorbell but no answer. It let me leave a message so i did. Next door some gnarlier cherry. No cars in driveway but i knocked anyhow....nothing. Third house had the big sugar maple spar laying in a few chunks. Again no cars but knocked anyhow side and front doors. Nobody home. Not to be deterred ill try again, I have to go that way again in the next couple days.
Well tried agian today. 2 for 3 oh yeah. First house was keeping wood. Second house said to take the cherry. Third is a rental so got the sugar maple. More than likely cutting cherry tomorrow.
Hit the score this afternoon. They were cutting next door. Ran a tank through the 400, went to refill and the one litre mix bottle in the toolbox was empty. Couldnt noodle the bigguns. Sledge and wedge as the isocore couldnt crack them. Nice grain. Whats left. Couple bigguns left behind as the Isocore broke. Other trunk too punky inside and gnarly. Sugar maple for the next load.
Wow! Big “exotic cherry” You really struck gold following this crew around. They must be more than a little amused by the white Ford pickup that stalks them everywhere they go, cleaning up the crumbs they leave behind
I was surprised to see them working there. Taking down a tall red oak and dropped had another small sugar maple too. There was two crews and the one not working i had to go BS with and bust their chops. I was pizzed about the mix bottle being empty. That big stuff did not wanna pop with the wedge.
BTDT with the fuel situation. Only seems to happen when I REALLY need extra gas of course. Cherry has given me a run for my money more than once too. For a softer hardwood it can be stubborn as all get out.
Sure did. Im sure im not the first guy thats haunted them. With the ground still frozen i wanted to get this load as i had to back into the yard. Not looking forward to thawing and the resulting MUD! Not sure when ill be back for the maple. A year ago when they were cutting across town here i ended up with four or so cords.
I have that problem in my new shed ( that’s not done yet). Gets full late day sun and leans to the west. Never had a problem with my old stacks that ran east and west. Stacks in the new woodshed ( that’s not finished yet) are also a good bit taller.
Yeah PITA. I just tap the splits back with a 2-3' long 2x4 or grab a split and do the same. Its either that or it falls over.
I've done that too, once had a good bit leaning, put something on the forks and pushed it back with the
Ok, let me see if I understand how things work back East. Asplundh I assume is a private, albeit large, privately owned company/business. Right? And they get contracts from the utilities companies to cut trees that should have never been allowed to grow so big near the said utilities in people’s yards? Then they chip all the brush and small branches? Leaving behind firewood sized and larger stuff for the property owners to deal with? Then some deranged person with a chain saw (let’s just use buZZsaw BRAD as an example here) knocks on the door in an attempt to secure permission to obtain the wood left behind? The person answering the door may, or may not, grant the chainsaw wielding stranger permission to cut and remove the wood? If the firewood addict has been given the green light, they are allowed to cherry pick the premium wood and leave behind anything that is deemed undesirable? Then what? Property owners are responsible for cleaning up the tailings and leavings at their own expense? I’m just trying to figure out how things are out there. Nothing like that happens around here, maybe in Stephiedoll part of the state but not out here.
I may have explained this in the past. After talking with numerous Asplundh bosses here's how it goes. They are supposed to talk to home/land owners that they will be working in front of/on their property. If home owner wants wood they are to sign off on sheet and put sign on wood once its there saying they want it. If there is wood there when the log truck comes to take it they do. This could be the next day or many months later as they only have a few trucks for said task to caver a large area. Ive driven by a pile of oak where the homeowner put a sign. This was a year ago. Wood hasnt been touched. Ive asked local police and state troopers and they say wood is for the taking as long as i do it safely. Roadside wood is a common sight here. Other CT hoarders can attest to this as well. If i have to venture farther onto someones property i get the okay from them first. Connecticut is a heavily wooded state with lots of state and local roads with overhead powerlines so they are always busy somewhere pruning cutting back.
Where I work there was a massive Red Oak overhanging 3 phase next to a busy 4 lane road. The Red Oak had a huge open decay cavity. It was obviously a high risk to power, cars and people. I called Asplundh and met with a rep to show him the tree. He said they would schedule removal. Almost a year passed before it fell and took out the high voltage and blocked traffic both ways. I’ll never understand why they leave massive overhead limbs. I get the bucket trucks can’t reach it, but a tree that has been Asplundh hacked for 60 yrs is going to have decay. I’m pretty sure I heard Asplundhs contract is worth 8 billion.
Idk how they think trimming off all the branches on one side of a tree is "practicing professional procedures." They talk about being arborists and such in their paperwork before they trim. It's very apparent after they trim most places they weren't concerned about the longevity or overall health of the trees. They just slash and chip like every other hack. Just gotta make that money for the ceo. Usually the lengths of their cuts are all over the place too. From 24" down to 8" sometimes but usually about 4-6" needs to be cut off to get em stove length. So a bunch of chunks and uglies from my experience. There's a big ol ash tree, 24"+ DBH, just down the road from me that's been dead for many years. Last time by there a big limb, about 12"+, is leaned up against the guard rail. Can't be much root system left under it. They've been in the area trimming for a couple months now and I'm not sure it's marked for removal. Maybe it's in the next 5 year plan.
Same here with my shed. It gets full end of day sun. I'm trying different ways to combat this though.
